Format:
Online-Ressource (xiv, 355 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0520215877
Content:
In this fresh and innovative study, Judith A. Peraino investigates how music has been used throughout history to call into question norms of gender and sexuality. Beginning with a close examination of the mythology surrounding the sirens-whose music seduced Ulysses into a state of mind in which he would gladly sacrifice everything for the illicit pleasures promised in their song-Peraino goes on to consider the musical creatures, musical gods and demigods, musical humans, and music-addled listeners who have been associated with behavior that breaches social conventions. She deftly employs a sop
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Songs of the Sirens: desire; 2. A Music of One's Own: discipline; 3. Queer Ears and Icons: sign systems; 4. Homomusical Communities: production ; 5. Flights of Fancy: power; Notes; Works Cited; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520215870
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Listening to the Sirens : Musical Technologies of Queer Identity from Homer to Hedwig
Language:
English
